my animation era

Chapter 1052 The Status of the Ancient Chess Master

If other factors are not considered, AlphaGo is really a good choice purely from the plot point of view.

Moreover, it is not impossible to set it as a villain, even more appropriate than the protagonist. The sense of accomplishment of defeating it is more satisfying than defeating some chess master.

In addition, AlphaGo also has a very suitable identity, that is-Grandpa Goldfinger!
There is already a precedent for this.

As far as Gu Miao knows, in many online Go novels, the cheating cheat given to the protagonist by the author is the portable AlphaGo, and then travels back to the era before AI Go was born, killing everyone and shocking everyone...

Make sense.

If "Youth Go" was not set in ancient times, but in a modern urban setting, if Gu Miao wanted to give Jiang Liuer a hook, it would probably be the same.

After all, in the context of modern cities, what kind of cheats in the Go world can be more powerful than AlphaGo?
It's a pity that Jiang Liu'er is an ancient.

In the context of the ancient story, AlphaGo is naturally unusable.After all, it would be strange for modern technological products to be placed in the Ming Dynasty, and it would be awkward no matter how you look at it.

After discussing with Xiao Ke and Liu Lao, Gu Miao finally decided to give the protagonist Jiang Liuer the characteristics of "peerless genius".

Also known as plug-in.

As the protagonist of an animation, it is impossible not to cheat. Relatively speaking, the talent is already the most garbage cheat.

The story begins in the late Ming Dynasty.

Due to the prevalence of Japanese pirates in coastal areas, in order to resist Japanese pirates, the imperial court specially sent a batch of magical cannons, but these weapons fell into the hands of Japanese pirates inexplicably.

The imperial envoy Jiang Lingyun was ordered to thoroughly investigate the matter. He has a son named Jiang Liu'er who has shown a talent for Go since he was a child. When he was three years old, he defeated Master Yuande of Lingyun Temple. ...

As the second generation of rich and powerful, Jiang Liu'er was not the perfect protagonist as everyone imagined at the beginning.

Although he has a talent for Go, he doesn't pay much attention to it. He likes to dance with knives and guns.

This is also the most admirable point of the original plot.

If Jiang Liu'er came up with a perfect personality and became a chess master in a smooth journey, it would be too boring and lack the sense of drama that he should have.

He needs to grow up.

Chess masters are never born, only with enough experience can one become a chess master.

Just in the plot, Jiang Liuer experienced the ups and downs of life.

The front foot is still the descendant of the powerful and powerful that everyone envies. No matter where he goes, he is a superior existence, but the back foot has become an orphan, and he is also burdened with the burden of avenging his father.

It was such a huge change that prompted him to grow up, and finally embarked on the road of studying chess hard and becoming a master of chess.

Why Go?
Because of the death of Jiang Liu'er's father, including the mastermind behind the case of collusion with Japanese pirates, it is very likely that he is a member of the royal family, the current King Fu.

If you want to unravel the truth and bring down the powerful King Fu, you have to meet the emperor, but Jiang Liuer is just a commoner, how can she meet the emperor?

The status of the Great Ming Chess Master might be a good choice.

"To be honest, this is a bit ridiculous."

Hearing this, Ma Kui, who served as Mr. Gu's tea-making boy, couldn't help curling his lips and said: "If you play chess well, you can see the emperor? This setting is too outrageous. According to this, then I can play chess well." Good to see..."

As soon as the words fell, Ma Kui, who was making tea, noticed that Mr. Gu, Xiao Ke and Mr. Liu beside him were all looking at him with strange eyes.

"What's wrong, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Stupid pony!"

Mr. Liu and Xiao Ke didn't speak, Gu Miao glanced at Ma Kui who didn't know why, rolled his eyes and said, "If you play Go well, if you reach the level of a chess master, you will indeed be able to see the emperor. Why, don't you agree? "

"If you can play Go well, it's not impossible to see... ahem. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiao Ke and Mr. Liu."

"Really?"

Ma Kui turned to look at the two of them.

"real!"

Before Xiao Ke could speak, Mr. Liu smiled and said, "Old Chess Master Nie of the older generation, you can go and learn about his deeds."

"Modern Chess Master is still a little bit less interesting. After all, modern Chess Master has become a common title. After all, social status is just like that."

"But ancient times were different..."

Using Ma Kui's question, Mr. Liu gave everyone a popular science about the gold content and social status of the title of "Chess Master" in ancient times.

It is no exaggeration to say that in ancient times, a chess player who won the title of chess master was a special existence that even the emperor should respect and treat.

Meet the emperor?

Isn't this the most basic privilege?

Isn't it common for a majestic chess master to enter the palace to exchange chess skills with the emperor?All the princes and princes have to come to learn chess from you!

One of the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is that just kidding with you?

……

Ma Kui doesn't understand Go, nor does he understand the social status of the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting in ancient times. Naturally, he doesn't understand the gold content of Jiang Liuer, a "chess master".

In fact, Gu Miao didn't quite understand either.

It's just that he is very clear about one thing, that is, the handful of people who have reached the top in all walks of life are definitely not in the same position as ordinary people.

Not to mention, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were still the most popular in ancient China, and also the four most highly praised crafts, and their social status and influence were very high.

The title of Chess Master, as a leader in the Go world, is definitely one of the small group of people who stand at the top of the pyramid. If you still can't see the emperor, who will?

Mr. Liu said it very straightforwardly.

That is, the social status of modern music, chess, calligraphy and painting theory has been much lower than that of ancient times, and it has become a means of cultivating the body and mind.

But even so, in today's era, if any skill of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is top-notch, it can still have a status and influence beyond imagination.

What about the ancient times when piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were most praised?Will such a person's influence be worse than it is now?

So there is nothing wrong with the plot logic.

Many people may not understand that Jiang Liu'er wants to avenge his father and reveal the true face of King Fu, so why did he choose Go?

But the truth is...

This is the most correct choice, and also the most reasonable choice. If he doesn't take the path of Go, is he going to be a ranger assassin, free from the jurisdiction of the law?

Don't look at the ancients with the eyes of modern people!Modern people learn Go, learning it well is nothing more than becoming a professional player, cultivating their sentiments, and making a living.

But in the ancient background, learning Go is a way to achieve a class transition, which is equivalent to the promotion path of the modern college entrance examination.

Especially for those who are good at learning and have outstanding talents in Go, taking this path is actually not much different from becoming an official in the imperial examination.

The settings are reasonable.

Thinking of this, Gu Miao also felt a little ashamed. After all, when he was young, he also complained about the strange setting of "learning Go to get revenge" just like Ma Kui.

At that time, he also felt outrageous.

Learn Go sword pointing to the title of "Chess Master", and then expose King Fu to avenge his father?What is this all about!Wouldn't it be better to learn some martial arts than to learn this, and just feel happy and enmity?
of course!

These are the thoughts of youth.

After Mr. Liu's science popularization, coupled with his own in-depth understanding, Gu Miao will not despise or even despise Go as before.

At least in ancient times, a person who played Go well was indeed very powerful and had a high social status, no worse than a great Confucian.

modern?

Ordinary chess players don't have such a high status, but if you reach the height of a chess master, you can still have influence far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

……

The animation "Go Boy" was originally scheduled to have 26 episodes, which is the "half year fan" standard on Neon's side.

Later, after discussion and research between Gu Miao and the screenwriter team, I felt that 26 episodes were still too short, and it was difficult to tell a complete story.

So it was extended to 52 episodes.

This is a very common number of TV animation episodes, neither long nor short, and the total duration of 1000 minutes will not make Wanbao Animation too difficult.

It's too long to say...

Generally speaking, the total duration of a TV animation will be controlled within 2500 minutes, which is about 120-150 episodes, so as not to exceed this duration.

Works such as "Dragon Ball", "Detective Conan", and "Doraemon" are excluded.

Normal animation will not exceed 150 episodes.

The reason for this phenomenon is very simple, that is, worrying about dissuading the audience and preventing the audience from forgetting the previous plot when watching.

It is easy to understand that the audience will forget the previous plot after watching it. After all, there are too many episodes and the serialization time is more than two months. It is easy to forget what story was told earlier.

As for the point of dissuading the audience, in fact, we can understand it by taking TV dramas as an example.

Gu Miao was previously amlied by a friend from Yangcheng to watch the TV series "Foreign Daughter-in-Law and Local Man". She wanted to take the time to finish it, but when she saw the total number of episodes was 4000+, her eyes turned dark.

He only watched the first ten or so episodes, and then ran away in despair.

I can't finish it!
The number of episodes is too discouraging. I was interested in it at first, but when I saw the exaggerated number of episodes, I lost interest in an instant.

This is the same as Gu Miao's plan to give works such as "Naruto" and "One Piece" to friends who don't watch anime. At first, the friends were all moved, but when they saw the number of episodes, they immediately said "forget it".

Too many episodes will inadvertently dissuade some people from watching them.

For example, the first season of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is obviously the most classic, but the frequency of online on-demand is far less than the subsequent sequels.

Because there are too many episodes!
People who have never watched animation usually feel that I must not have time to finish watching so many episodes.

So this is why, most animations will control the duration and number of episodes to avoid extremely long stories.

Take the popular web adaptation animation as an example. Anyway, it is broadcast weekly. Why not record hundreds of episodes at one time, and have to divide them into several seasons for broadcast?
Do you think they don't want to?

It's not that I'm worried about starting from beginning to end, regardless of season or chapter, the total number of episodes will scare away new audiences.

The same goes for "Go Boy".

Gu Miao plans to make Go Boys into a series. Since it is a series, there will be more than one animation. For the sake of the audience's viewing experience, it is impossible to make each season too long.

Best under 100 episodes.

According to the current production capacity of Wanbao Animation, if the firepower is fully fired, it can produce about 40-65 minutes of unedited and unsynthesized material a day.

In other words, after the Mid-Autumn Festival at the earliest, viewers will be able to watch the animation "Go Boy" on TV.

This is a case where everything goes well.

Considering that there may be some changes and accidents in the middle, mid-October is a relatively reasonable time point.

"That's autumn..."

Gu Miao frowned, and immediately thought of "Roaming the World of Animation" which was in production.

According to the progress reported by Huang Kun, the first season of "Roaming the Animation World" is expected to be broadcast in September this year, which is the beginning of school season.

If the Go boy is too fast, he may crash with Akun.

What if the progress is delayed?

That's not too good either.

After all, after November, Wanbao Animation will usher in a true "epic masterpiece" - the remake of Superman!
These two works are not ordinary animations. It is definitely not a good choice for Go Boy to crash into them.

But then again.

It's only August now, so it's too early to say these things, whether it's "Roaming the World of Animation" or "Superman Remake", there is a possibility of postponement and delay.

Especially the Superman remake.

The possibility of skipping tickets for other Wanbao animations is about zero, but the possibility of skipping tickets for the remake of Superman is almost 100%.

It's just that there is no official announcement...

Dave of Wanbao's North American branch has always kept in close contact with Gu Miao one email a day, so Gu Miao understands the situation of the remake of "Superman".

as far as he knows.

The main reason for the high probability of skipping tickets for the remake of Superman is that the production progress is really...too slow!

Comparable to "Tom and Jerry".

That's not to say that the Superman remake has been produced on the same level as Tom and Jerry.

In fact, if the delay was due to "slow work and meticulous work", not only Gu Miao would understand, but fans and viewers would also understand.

But the remake of Superman is not a slow work, but the vast majority of members of the production team are involved in lawsuits...

Boil!
When Gu Miao received the news, she didn't expect Weiler Company to be so abstract. The Superman IP was sold to Wanbao, but the employees who made Superman were reluctant to let go.

This is one of those lawsuits.

There is also a lawsuit initiated by Mardete Comic Company, accusing multiple employees of Wanbao of allegedly stealing commercial secrets, and Wanbao Animation allegedly of unfair competition and infringement of intellectual property rights...

That's right!

In order to better produce and shape the superhero "Superman", Dave also dug a lot of people from Mardete.

This is Gu Miao's old enemy.

There is filth in the first place, and you still come to poach me? The old man George of Mardete had a bad stomach, and immediately dragged Wanbao with a lawsuit.

Most of these lawsuits are vexatious.

But the disgusting person who couldn't stand the opponent tried to use this despicable method to pour dirty water on "Superman" in production and stigmatize this superhero.

Mardete Comic Company and Weller Company reached a consensus in an attempt to make the IP of "Superman" rotten and ruined in Wanbao's hands.

This left Gu Miao speechless.

It is understandable for Mardete to target. After all, they have a lot of superhero IPs, and they don’t want to see Superman live a second life to grab market share.

What did Keweiler think?

After all, the Superman series is also a great IP created by themselves. As soon as the front foot was sold to Wanbao, the back foot splashed dirty water?
(End of this chapter)